List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, A–G

Like all U.S. states, the state of Ohio elects a certain number of representatives to the United States House of Representatives. The following table lists all the Democratic and Republican nominees for U.S. representative from Ohio, as well as some minor party and independent candidates (full information not available for elections prior to 1920). The table lists the years in which the person ran as a candidate in the general election (An s following the year indicates a special election), the district in whose race the candidate stood, and years of service in the House of Representatives (if applicable).

See also:

• List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio
• List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, A-G
• List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, H-M
• List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, N-Z

A–C

Name	Life dates	Party	Candidate	District	Term(s) of service
Homer E. "Pete" Abele	1916–2000	Republican	1958, 1962, 1964	10th	1963–1965
Walter H. Albaugh	1890–1942	Republican	1938s	4th	1938–1939
Arthur W. Aleshire	1900–1940	Democratic	1936, 1938	7th	1937–1939
John H. Allen		Democratic	1920	1st
Joseph C. Allen		Democratic	1948	11th
Edward F. Alexander		Democratic	1932	2nd
Kara Anastasio		Democratic	2002, 2004	7th
John Anderson		Libertarian	2010	7th
Roger Anderson		Democratic	2002	5th
Thomas E. Anderson		Democratic	1966	2nd
C. H. Armbruster		Democratic	1940	5th
Doug Arnett		Democratic	1970	10th
Stanley J. Aronoff		Republican	1978	2nd
Thomas W. L. Ashley	1923—	Democratic	1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980	9th	1955–1981
Thearon "Tom" Atkins		Republican	1980	2nd
John R. Austin			1976	3rd
Mike Azinger		Republican	2000	6th
Franklin T. Backus	1813-1870	Democratic	1868	18th
Marie Baker		Democratic	1968	8th
William Baker		Natural Law	1996	8th
Michael Baldwin	1774-1810	Democratic-Republican	1803	At-large
Raymond M. Ball		Democratic	1992	4th
John Bargar, Sr.		Libertarian	2000	18th
Ortha O. Barr Jr.		Democratic	1956	4th
Elmer S. Barrett		Republican	1958	6th
Walter S. Barrett		Republican	1926	11th
John Dwight Bashline		Independent	2010	18th
Dan Batt		Democratic	1948, 1950, 1952	5th
Louis Richard Batzler		Democratic	1968	5th
Nicholas Bauer		Democratic	1942	2nd
Dean Beagle		Republican	1984	11th
Stephan S. Beard		Republican	1936	5th
Edwin G. Becker		Democratic	1934	1st
Frank B. Bennett		Democratic	1964, 1966	8th
James P. Bennett		Democratic	1956	11th
James A. Berns		Libertarian	1982, 1992, 2012	1st
Jackson E. Betts	1904–1993	Republican	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970	8th	1951–1973
Robert E. Bidwell		Libertarian	2000	2nd
Herbert S. Bigelow	1870–1951	Democratic	1936, 1938	2nd	1937–1939
Matthew Birchard	1804-1876	Democratic	1856	20th
Leo Blackburn		Republican	1952, 1954	6th
J. Kenneth Blackwell		Republican	1990	1st
Richard K. Blain		Democratic	1996	7th
Forrest L. Blankenship		Democratic	1954	4th
Jeffrey Blevins		Libertarian	2010	16th
John A. Boehner	1949—	Republican	1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004	8th	1991–present
Oliver P. Bolton	1917–1972	Republican	1952, 1954, 1962, 1964	11th	1953–1957, 1963–1965
William F. Bowen		Democratic	1978	1st
James O. Bradley		Democratic	1958	2nd
Merl J. Bragg		Democratic	1946	4th
Charles Brand	1871–1966	Republican	1922, 1924, 1946, 1928, 1930	7th	1923–1933
Edward G. Breen	1908–1991	Democratic	1948, 1950	3rd	1949–1951
Scott A. Breen			1980	1st
Walter E. Brehm	1892–1971	Republican	1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	11th	1943–1953
Jerome A. Brentar		Independent	1994	19th
Edward H. Brink		Democratic	1932	1st
Newt Bronson		Democratic	1920	5th
Clarence J. Brown Sr.	1893–1965	Republican	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962	7th	1939–1965
Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.	1927—	Republican	1965s, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980	7th	1965–1983
Kathryn E. Brown		Libertarian	1982	3rd
Ken D. Brown		Republican	1992	9th
Robert N. Brumbaugh		Republican	1936	3rd
Dwight E. Bryan		Republican	2000	9th
John M. Buchanan		Democratic	1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990	10th
H. Kent Bumpass		Democratic	1974	10th
Regina Burch		Natural Law	2000	3rd
Raymond H. Burke	1881–1954	Republican	1946, 1948	3rd	1947–1949
Thomas H. Burke	1904–1959	Democratic	1948, 1950, 1952	9th	1949–1951
Timothy M. Burke		Democratic	1976	1st
Thomas E. Burkhart		Democratic	1990	4th
John W. Bush		Democratic	1944	6th
Bill Buskel		Independent	1990	14th
Russell G. Butcke		American Independent	1970	3rd
John L. Cable	1884–1971	Republican	1920, 1922, 1928, 1930, 1932	5th	1921–1925, 1929–1933
Richard Cadle		Constitution Party	2010	6th
Capri Cafaro	1977-	Democratic	2004	14th
James Cahaney		Natural Law	1996	17th
Dennis M. Callahan		Democratic	1972	11th
Delmar A. Canaday		Democratic	1948, 1952	10th
Jean Murrell Capers		Libertarian	1998	11th
Richard A. Carne		Democratic	2002	3rd
John L. Cashim		Democratic	1944	7th
Robert E. Cecile		Democratic	1968	7th
John O. Celusta		Republican	1964	9th
Steve Chabot		Republican	1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004	1st	1995–present
William W. Chalmers	1861–1944	Republican	1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928	9th	1921–1923, 1925–1931
George Henry Chamberlain	1862-1943	Republican	1910	14th
Thomas R. Chandler		Democratic	1992, 1996	2nd
Margaret Chitti		Natural Law	1996	18th
Michael Chmura		Libertarian	2000	13th
Donald D. Clancy	1921—	Republican	1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976	2nd	1961–1977
Jim Clark		Democratic	2002	4th
William P. Clarke		Democratic	1928	9th
Harold K. Claypool	1886–1958	Democratic	1936, 1938, 1940, 1942	11th	1937–1943
James H. Cleveland		Democratic	1928	2nd
Cliff Clevenger	1885–1960	Republican	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	5th	1939–1959
Michael D. Coffey		Democratic	1974	11th
James Condit		Constitution	2004 & 2010	2nd& 8th
Paul Conroy		Libertarian	2008	10th
R. Clinton Cole	1870–1957	Republican	1918, 1920, 1922, 1924	8th	1919–1925
Edward D. Colley			1926	1st
Oakley C. Collins		Republican	1960	10th
Howard C. Cook		Republican	1960	9th
Robert E. Cook	1920–1988	Democratic	1958, 1960, 1962	11th	1959–1963
Robert M. Corry		Democratic	1956	8th
Patricia A. Cortez		Independent	1976	13th
John A. Corwin	1818-1863	Democratic	1848, 1850	4th
Moses Bledso Corwin	1790-1872	Whig	1848, 1852	4th, 8th	1849-1851, 1853-1855
Thomas Corwin	1794-1865	Whig	1830 1832, 1834, 1836, 1838	2nd 4th	1831-1840
Thomas Corwin	1794-1865	Republican	1858, 1860	7th	1859-1861
William Crabbe		Independent	1976	18th
John Cranley		Democratic	2000	1st
H. L. Crary		Democratic	1930	10th
Mark A. Crawford			1934	6th
Clem T. Cratty		Democratic	1986	4th
Frank A. Cremeans	1943–2003	Republican	1994, 1996	6th	1995–1997
Harry B. Crewson		Democratic	1968	10th
Lyman R. Critchfield	1831-1917	Democratic	1868	14th
Ron Crutcher		Republican	1986, 1988	3rd
William J. Curry		Democratic	1950	10th

D–F

Name	Life dates	Party	Candidate	District	Term(s) of service
Albert L. Daniels		Republican	1934, 1956	6th
Lou D'Apolitoa		Independent	2000	17th
Oral Daugherty		Democratic	1942	10th
Susan Davenport Darrow		Democratic	1998	5th
C. W. Davis		Democratic	1926	9th
Francis G. Davis		Democratic	1946	2nd
Gladys E. Davis		Democratic	1960s	6th
Jacob E. Davis	1905–2003	Democratic	1940, 1942	6th	1941–1943
Peter W. Davis		Republican	1992	3rd
Ray W. Davis		Republican	1940	11th
David S. Dennison Jr.	1918–2001	Republican	1956, 1958, 1960	11th	1957–1959
James W. Denver	1817-1892	Democratic	1870, 1884, 1886	6th, 8th, 12th
Alfred R. Deptula			1978	3rd
James T. Dewan		Democratic	1956	2nd
R. Michael DeWine	1947—	Republican	1982, 1984, 1986, 1988	7th	1983–1991
Daniel L. Dickman		Democratic	2000	4th
Michael V. DiSalle		Democratic	1946	9th
Joseph A. Dixon		Democratic	1936, 1938, 1940	1st	1937–1939
Frank Doden			2002	7th
Patrick James Donlan		Democratic	1978, 1980	11th
Clinton G. Dorsey		Democratic	1976	4th
Godwin Volney Dorsey	1812-1885	Democratic	1854, 1856	4th
Thomas M. Dowd		Democratic	1954	8th
Don Driehaus	1886–1936	Democratic	1968	2nd
Warren J. Duffey	1886–1936	Democratic	1932, 1934	9th	1933–1936
Renick W. Dunlap		Republican	1934	11th
Andrew T. Durbin		Democratic	1948	8th
Paul F. Dye		Democratic	1920	7th
David Easton		Constitution	2010	7th
Eric Eberly		Libertarian	2012	5th
Dennis E. Eckart	1950—	Democratic	1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990	11th	1981–1993
Don Elijah Eckhart		Independent	2008	15th
Barbara Edelman		Natural Law	1996	12th
Dannie Edmon		Democratic	2000	5th
Bruce Edwards		Democratic	1972, 1974, 1976	5th
Kenneth Eggert		Communist	1934	9th
Carl H. Ehl		Democratic	1944, 1946	7th
Richard Ehrbar		Libertarian	2012	3rd
Martin Elsass		Libertarian	2010	6th
Charles H. Elston		Republican	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	1st	1939–1953
Edward S. Emery		Republican	1976, 1978, 1980, 1998, 2002	9th
Toby Elizabeth Emmerich			1980	9th
Arthur Espy		Democratic	1928	1st
G. Andrews Espy		Democratic	1946	1st
Rollin H. Everett		Democratic	1950	1st
Martin A. Evers		Democratic	1962	3rd
Martin W. Feigert		Democratic	1954	5th
Barbara Anne Ferris		Independent	2004	10th
Simeon D. Fess	1861–1936	Republican	1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920	7th	1913–1923
Harold B. Festerly		American	1976	16th
Carleton C. Finkbeiner Jr.		Republican	1974, 1976	9th
John C. Fisher			1938	4th
Chester P. Fitch		Republican	1940	6th
Bob Fitrakis	1955-	Democratic Green	1992 2012	12th 3rd
Roy G. Fitzgerald	1875–1962	Republican	1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930	3rd	1921–1931
William T. Fitzgerald	1858–1939	Republican	1924, 1926	4th	1925–1929
T. Brooks Fletcher	1879–1945	Democratic	1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1942	8th	1925–1929, 1933–1939
Gilmore Flues		Republican	1952	9th
Martin Dewey Follett	1826-1911	Democratic	1866, 1868	15th
Manning Force	1824-1899	Republican	1876	1st
Corey Foister	1990	Democratic	2016	8th
Israel M. Foster	1873–1950	Republican	1918, 1920, 1922	10th	1919–1925
John T. Francis		Democratic	1984	8th
Dorothy Franke		Democratic	1972, 1974, 1976	7th
Eli G. Frankenstein			1920	1st
Galen Fries		Libertarian	2000	9th

G

Name	Life dates	Party	Candidate	District	Term(s) of service
William N. Gableman		Democratic	1922	6th
Lynn Galonsky			1976	9th
Warren Gard	1873–1929	Democratic	1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1922	3rd
Edward J. Gardner	1898–1950	Democratic	1944, 1946	3rd	1945–1947
Virgil M. Gase		Democratic	1958, 1960	8th
Clarence M. Gauger			1920	3rd
Francis E. Gaul		Democratic	1994	10th
James L. Gehrlich		Democratic	1974	4th
William K. Gernheuser		Republican	1958	9th
William Harvey Gibson	1817-1892	Republican	1868	9th
John J. Gilligan		Democratic	1964, 1966	1st	1965–1967
Paul E. Gillmor	1939—	Republican	1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004	5th	1989–present
Don Gingerich			1974	8th
Sonja K. Glavina		Natural Law	1996, 2000	11th
Arnold Gleisser		Independent	1980 & 1984	19th&22nd
J. Henry Goeke	1869-1930	Democratic	1910, 1912, 1922	4th	1911-1915
William Goforth	1731-1807	Democratic-Republican	1803	At-Large
Ben J. Goldman		Democratic	1950	7th
Jeff Goggins		Libertarian	2010	10th
Willis D. Gradison Jr.	1928—	Republican	1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992	1st, 2nd	1975–1993
Brad Graef		Natural Law	1996 & 2000	16th
Jerry R. Graham		Democratic	1964	7th
John F. Green		Libertarian	2000, 2002	5th
John W. Griffin		Democratic	1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998	4th, 8th
David A. Groshoff			2000	1st
Stephen Grote		Republican	1992	1st
Edward Gudenas			1992	11th
Fred H. Guthery		Democratic	1920	8th
Tennyson Guyer	1913–1981	Republican	1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980	4th	1973–1981